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In message <199508230718.RAA08698@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, Bruce Evans writes:
>Lots of drivers assume that DEV_BSIZE is 512.

Hello Bruce,

Can the block size different from 512 be used some day?  I have been
using 512 and 1024-block disk drives for the past 6 months. I had to
hack more than half a dozen of files before FreeBSD can run.  It would
be good if I don't have to do it.  My 1024 disk drive is a Maxoptic
magnito-optical drive with 1024-block media.

Voradesh Yenbut				
Computer Science & Engineering
BOX 352350,  U of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195